MolluscaBase name details
Modiola chilkaensis Preston, 1911
541052 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:541052)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
Modiola [sic] accepted as Modiolus Lamarck, 1799
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Preston, H. B. (1911). Descriptions of six new species of shells from Bengal and Madras. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 6: 39-42., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11135487
page(s): 41, textfig. 6 [details]
page(s): 41, textfig. 6 [details]
Type locality contained in Chilka Lake
type locality contained in Chilka Lake [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Modiola chilkaensis Preston, 1911. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=541052 on 2025-09-11
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Preston, H. B. (1911). Descriptions of six new species of shells from Bengal and Madras. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 6: 39-42., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11135487
page(s): 41, textfig. 6 [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS)
note: treated as synonym of Brachydontes undulatus [details]
status source Tan, K.-S., Tan, S. H.-N., Sanpanich, K., Duangdee, T. & Ambarwati, R. (2021). Taxonomic re-description and relationships of two mat-forming mussels from the Indo-Pacific region, with a proposed new genus. <em>Phuket Marine Biological Research Center Bulletin.</em> 78: 77-115.
page(s): 96, figs 6C-D [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 41, textfig. 6 [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS)
note: treated as synonym of Brachydontes undulatus [details]
status source Tan, K.-S., Tan, S. H.-N., Sanpanich, K., Duangdee, T. & Ambarwati, R. (2021). Taxonomic re-description and relationships of two mat-forming mussels from the Indo-Pacific region, with a proposed new genus. <em>Phuket Marine Biological Research Center Bulletin.</em> 78: 77-115.
page(s): 96, figs 6C-D [details] Available for editors
[request]
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